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You probably don't read the beat bike blog for weather news. I'm starting to doubt there's even a such thing as reliable we...

I like cars. The reason I prefer bikes is that you generally can't drive cars in cool ways on public roads like you can ride bikes. Same...

Spring is in the air.  Tires are springing leaks, falling victim to the unswept glass shards that are indistinguishable from left over rock...

I wish I had more to write about lately, but there hasn't been a lot happening on the bike front. I suppose that may still be true...

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The question I'm pondering is, "Does car-centric infrastructure drive suburban development patterns and car-centric behavior, or is...

So, I was at this conference at Yale over the weekend. I had originally wanted to go by bike, because I like the ride down to New Haven...

Here's a question to get you thinking.  How did you learn to cross railroad tracks at a ninety degree angle?  Did you learn about the sa...

Not a lot of bike talk lately. The snow is high and the roads are unpleasant. So, the hearty have transitioned to skiing for re...

Cycling and Hartford: Coda So where do we go from here? I don't know, because the big picture looks (note "looks" in ita...

Cadenza/coda to come tomorrow. Cycling and Hartford: Pt. IV: Build it and they will come? But they don't have to, of course....

More from Dario: For the love of the bicycle But before I explain what I mean by "And it gets worse", let's double bac...

Dario continues: Cycling and Hartford: Pt. II: Col. Pope and the Paradox of Progress Hartford. 1895. Albert Augustus Pope, a Civil Wa...

Heya bike folks.  I know you are jonesing for your bike that was put away months ago or is perhaps suffering with you through the winter on ...

In a departure from the junk I usually write about cold feet, some slight by a faceless driver or comparisons of eggs and pedals we wil...

Chris Brown's argument on the motion to dismiss in Brown v. Redeker  and the hearing on the mandamus was today. As you can imagine,...

As you know, in violation of a hearing officer's order, the DOT decided to close Flower Street in Hartford to all users of the str...

I went for a hike yesterday with Johanna and Marko in the vicinity of Bash Bish Falls upon the Taconic Trail. For someone reason, everyon...

Some people have those weddings with themes. Those people where people ride up on horses, or skis, or or dolphins or, well, bikes. I gu...

I was waiting for some emails today and I got tired of waiting for them, so I went for a bike ride. As you may recall, it was cold. Here ...

For New Year's Eve and the few days before it, Johanna and I went to New York to visit her friend. Since Johanna is nice and all and ...

What are your plans and goals for 2014 ye loyal readers of the Beat Bike Blog.  Simple stuff or grand schemes?  Were you happy with your 201...

It's that time of year again when folks at work look at the bicycle commuter with a head tilt and ask, "You didn't ride in toda...